This candidacy may provide a clear indication of just how popular jihadists are in Egypt. From DPA and Reuters via Khaleej Times, with thanks to Skeetstreet:
CAIRO “” An Islamist convicted in the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat announced yesterday his bid for the presidency in September’s elections, making him the second Egyptian to announce his candidacy while under detention.
Aboud Zumour, a leading member of the Jihad organisation who is in prison for conspiring in the 1981 assassination of Sadat, announced through his wife his intention to run for office….